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Job 9:27
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If I said, “I will forget my complaint,change my expression, and smile,”
If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,'
Even though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint; I will change the look on my face and smile,'
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,'
"If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad appearance, and be cheerful and brighten up,'
"Though I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put my face in order and be cheerful,'
If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'
If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,
Though I say, ‘I will forget my musing,I will forsake my sad countenance and be cheerful,'
If I were to say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,'
Sometimes I try to be cheerful and to stop complaining,
"If I say, ‘I'll forget my complaining, I'll put off my sad face and be cheerful,'
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,
"I could say, ‘I will not complain. I will forget my pain and put a smile on my face.'
I have forgotten my bitterness; if my mind or my thought would leave me alone, then I would find rest.
If I smile and try to forget my pain, all my suffering comes back to haunt me; I know that God does hold me guilty. <
Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint; I will change my expression, and I will rejoice,'
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will loosen my face and be cheerful,
When I am purposed to forget my complayninges to chaunge my countenaunce, and to coforte my self:
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;
If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leaue off my heauinesse, and comfort my selfe.
If I say, I will forget my complayning, I will ceasse from my wrath, and comfort my selfe:
And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan;
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer:
Whanne Y seie, Y schal not speke so; Y chaunge my face, and Y am turmentid with sorewe.
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]:
If I say, "I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,'
If I decided to forget my complaints, to put away my sad face and be cheerful,
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaining. I will put off my sad face and be happy,'
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint; I will put off my sad countenance and be of good cheer,'
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will lay aside my sad countenance, and brighten up,
If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.
If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer,'
Though I say, `I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!'
"Though I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job 7:13, Psalms 77:2, Psalms 77:3, Jeremiah 8:18
Reciprocal: Job 30:15 - Terrors Psalms 13:2 - take Psalms 73:13 - Verily Philippians 2:26 - full 1 Peter 1:6 - ye are
Cross-References
Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you,
And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.
I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth.
And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud,
And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.
For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.
For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.
So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.
Now, if their fall is the wealth of the world, and their loss the wealth of the Gentiles, how much greater will be the glory when they are made full?
And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If I say, I will forget my complaint,.... The cause of it, the loss of his children, servants, substance, and health, and endeavour to think no more of these things, and cease complaining about them, and attempt to bury them in oblivion, and change his note:
I will leave off my heaviness; his melancholy thoughts, words, airs, and looks; or "forsake my face" h, put on another countenance, a more pleasent and cheerful one; the Jewish commentators generally interpret it, "my anger", either at the dispensations of Providence, or at his friends:
and comfort [myself]; that things were not worse with him than they were; or strengthen i himself, as the word is rendered in Amos 5:9; against his fears, and troubles, and dejection of mind, determining to take heart, and be of good courage, and not sink, and succumb, and faint under his burdens: none but God, Father, Son, and Spirit, can give comfort to distressed ones, whether on temporal or spiritual accounts; but good men may make use of means for comfort, such as hearing the word, reading the Scriptures, prayer, meditation, and conversation with good men.
h אעזבה פני "relinquam facies meas", Montanus, Bolducius, Schmidt. i אבליגה "confirmabo vel roborabo cor meum", Mercerus; so R. R.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If I say, I will forget my complaint - If I resolve that I will leave off complaining, and will be more cheerful, I find it all in vain. My fears and sorrows return, and all my efforts to be cheerful are ineffectual
I will leave off my heaviness - The word rendered “my heaviness” here (פני pânam) denotes literally “my face;” and the reference is to the sad and sorrowful countenance which he had. “If I should lay that aside, and endeavor to be cheerful.”
And comfort myself - The word rendered comfort here (בלג bâlag) in Arabic means to be bright, to shine forth; and it would here be better rendered by “brighten up.” We have the same expression still when we say to one who is sad and melancholy, “brighten up; be cheerful.” The meaning is, that Job endeavored to appear pleasant and cheerful, but it was in vain. His sorrows pressed heavily on him, and weighed down his spirits in spite of himself, and made him sad.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 9:27. I will forget my complaint — I will forsake or forego my complaining. I will leave off my heaviness. VULGATE, I will change my countenance - force myself to smile, and endeavour to assume the appearance of comfort.
